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EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF WORK City of South Bend Small Real Estate Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Incremental Development Alliance February 18, 2020 This scope of work outlines two types of services to be deployed on a recurring and ongoing basis to assist a variety of audiences in the City of South Bend to implement small development projects at the neighborhood level. SCOPE OF SERVICES I. Service One: Offsite Technical Assistance to Reel Estate Training Courses for;Smamll.Deve opus The City has identified individuals and development organizations who could use assistance in the conceptualization, organization, refinement or execution of a small (1-3 story building) or incremental (larger site or existing building being phased) real estate project. Many of these individuals need introductory and advanced training in order to be prepared to start a project. The Alliance has a planned 3 Hour Small Real Estate Seminar in South Bend in February 2020. The Alliance also has other advanced classes in driving distance throughout 2020. This item of the scope establishes funding for full or partial offsite technical assistance to these events as the City sees fit. The Seminar Early Bird rate is $49 and will be the rate at which the city can send a participant on offsite technical assistance. The advanced, two-day, Small Developer Boot Camp retails at $400, but Seminar graduates supported by offsite technical assistance from the city can attend for $250. Up to 7 attendees are eligible to attend. The Alliance will provide promotional materials for both events for distribution. Offsite Technical Assistance Fund Total: $2000 H. Service Two: Proiect Level Menton np—of E_xisting or Potential Small Develovers The Alliance has a staff and faculty with a range of experience that can be deployed to assist projects and their implementers to move forward from whatever starting point they are currently at. For the purposes of this contract, the scope of the number of projects/project teams involved in ongoing (multiple engagements over time) shall be limited to 5 in the cohort at a time. For each meeting with a project/team, the Alliance will orovide written r corn nie dations and next steps the City. The City will maintain contact with the project/team in order to facilitate the completion follow up activities. The Alliance and the City will communicate on a monthly basis on the progression of each project/team and determine what off site communication is appropriate to help the project move forward between in person visits. The City can deploy the Alliance for any number of one-off meetings to discuss options or ideas for a project with an individual outside of the 5 cohort members. These maybe used to evaluate the potential of a 7